Cycling Southland News Archive

Happy Tuesday team and wowser what a Commonwealth Games it has been for our Track Cycling Team!!

Glen Thomson savoured a special moment while watching television coverage of Tom Scully winning the 40km points race at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow yesterday.

It's been a case of deja vu all over again in Glasgow today.

Racing on the crumbling concrete banking of Kew Bowl, Eddie Dawkins didn't look like a champion.

Graham and Bernie Sycamore have been enjoying the cycling at the Commonwealth Games.

A strong field of riders turned up to compete in ideal conditions. A 24min gap between limit and scratch riders was too much for scratch riders Matt Randall, Luke Macpherson and Josh Haggerty.

Having bubbles at the ready did not turn out to be a bad omen for the proud parents of a southerner who won gold in the 40km points race.

Tom Scully's ride to the Commonwealth Games points race gold medal this morning looked so well worked that it could have almost been preordained.

When it comes to the New Zealand men's sprint squad, Matt Archibald is the fifth Beatle.

Members of the Southland cycling community are reflecting on the rise of one of their stars after Eddie Dawkins claimed gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

It was a Commonwealth Games medal, just not the one the New Zealand team pursuit riders were after.

The pressure of being world champions and the pressure of being top qualifiers was blown away along with the opposition by the New Zealand team sprinters at the Commonwealth Games today.

The countdown to the 2014 Commonwealth Game sin Glasgow is just over seven hours long until launch time as we post this today and the men's and women's track team starters have been named for their respective events.

The greatest pressure to perform for New Zealand's world champion team sprinters will come from within the squad itself, according to high performance director Mark Elliott.

Hi everyone and yes just two more sleeps to go because Thursday is the day the Glasgow Commonwealth Games kick off – oh boy, oh boy! It’s going to be exciting, particularly with so many Southland cyclists taking part!

Performing under pressure. Competing against the clock.

They are familiar states of mind for a cyclist but they are also handy skills in the kitchen, and they are both environments Nick Kergozou excels in.

Very icy conditions didn't deter a good crowd turning out to take on the two race day events at Waianiwa on Saturday - big thanks to Bruce Jones, Waine Harding and our marshalls and supporters Crigs, Nic Stevens, Sier Vermunt, Dave Simpson, Lindsay Jones and all the other happy helpers who make these race days a success!

Great stories often involve transformations. The Hulk, Spiderman, Smeagol. Michael Culling is still writing the first chapter of his cycling evolution, as NATHAN BURDON explains.

Bike the Bridge will be held again this year on 16 November 2014.
Bike the Bridge is Auckland's largest cycling event (4,000 plus participants and growing) and provides a range of cycling options for all ages and abilities.

As part of BikeNZ's junior development programme, an U17 team, including the south's Brayden Stephens and Nicole Shields, was selected to represent New Zealand at the 2014 Peter Blackshaw Real Estate Junior and Women's Canberra Tour.